Initium by Samhain

Initium

Samhain

1984

Initium is a Punk album by Samhain, originally released in 1984. On Gatefold: 61 pressings tracked, owned by 7 collectors.

Sound DNA

  • Punk
  • Punk Rock
  • raw
  • menacing
  • occult

About

Initium is the 1984 debut album of Samhain, released on lead singer Glenn Danzig's independent record label, Plan 9. In various interviews Danzig states that the album's title, which translates from Latin to English as "beginning", represents his new start after disbanding his prior band, The Misfits, in 1983. Most of the final track, "Archangel", was actually recorded in March 1981, and was originally meant to either be a Misfits song featuring Dave Vanian (who never did vocals for the song) or a track for the band The Damned. The track Horror Biz likewise dates to Danzig's Misfits era, as .

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7 collectors on Gatefold own this · 61 pressings tracked on Gatefold